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FDLE: Foreclosure scammer jailed after pocketing $8 million

Robert Tribble Jr. is now behind bars, held on $8 million bond, the same amount by which investigators say he ripped off hopeful Florida homeowners.

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Updated: 6:39 PM EST Jan 8, 2014

FDLE: Foreclosure scammer jailed after pocketing $8 million

Robert Tribble Jr. is now behind bars, held on $8 million bond, the same amount by which investigators say he ripped off hopeful Florida homeowners.

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WEBVTT TRAILER BETWEEN DECEMBER 31STAND JANUARY TWOONST.THANK YOURENTING AND LEASING HOMES HEDIDN'T OWN.NOW 50 VICTIMS HAVE COMEFORWARD.JOHN SPOKE WITH ONE OF THEVICTIMS IN JUPITER FARPS.INVESTIGATORS SAY ROBERTJUNIOR WOULD DRIVE AND FINDFORECLOSED PROPERTIES LIKE THIS.PUT THEM ON CRAIG'S LIST AND THEVICTIMS WOULD GIVE HEM THOUZANNUALED IN DEPOSITS AND FINDOUT THAT THE DOCUMENTS WEREFORGED AND HE DID NOT OWN THEPROPERTIES MUCHGUY HAS NO MORAL COMPASS.HE THOUGHT HE WAS BUYINGTHIS HOUSE.FOUND THE LISTING ON CRAIG'SLIST.HE WAS AN UNASSUMING GUY.THEGUY WAS ROBERT TRIFAL.SPOKE TO THE REFERENCE.MET WITH HIS ATTORNEYS.EVEN THE STAMPED NOTARIZEDPAPERWORK AT THE COURTHOUSESEEMED LEGIT.AFTER HE STARTED NOTICING REDFLAGS.SOME OF THE PAPERWORK DIDNOT FIT RIGHT OR LOOK RIGHT.HE DUG AND SURE ENOUGH HEDID NOTTON THE HOUSE.AND FORGED DOCUMENTS HESUBMITTED TO THE COURTHOUSE.SO, THEE CONFRONTED HIM.HE THREATENED HAVE MEARRESTD AND SUE ME.TRIFAL STOLE MILLIONSRENTING AND LEASING PROPERTIESTHAT WERE NOT HIS MUCH ANDACCUSED OF SCAMMING DOZENS OFVICTIMS.ELDERLY, HANDICAPPED.IN SOME CASES VICTIMS MOVEDIN AND LIVING IN THE PROPERTIESAFTER SPENDING THOUSANDS ONRENOVATIONS.THEY WOULD GET GREETED ATTHE FRONT DOOR FROM SOMEONE ATBANK.INVESTIGATE ORS SAY PROTECTYOURSELF.NEVER PAY IN CASH OR WIRE MOB E.USE A TITLE COMPANY.YOU CAN FIND OUT A LOT ONPROPERTY APPRAISER WEBSITE.COME DOWN TO IF A DEAL LOOKSLIKE IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUEIT PROBABLY IS.HE DOES NOT THINK HE WILLSEAT 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT HEIS WORRIED ABOUT THE OTHERVICTIMS.I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THATDON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WILL LIVEOR THE INCOME MOVE.PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR LIFESAVINGS IN IT.ALLEGED VICTIM PUT DOWN ADEPOSIT ON THE SAME HOUSE BUT HEIS LIVING HERE AND TOLD ME HEPUT THOUZ ANNUALEDS IN REPAIRSAND RENOVATIONS NOW HE HAS TOMOVE OUT BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS UPFOR AUCTION AT THE END OF THEMONTH.WPBF 25 NEWS.INVESTIGATE ORS ARE TRYINGTO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A FIREIN A MOBILE HOME IN WEST PALMBEACH.THE FIRE IN THE MOBILE HOME PARKNEAR FERREST HILL BOULEVARD.THE HOME WAS FULL NEFLAMES.THE FLOOR COLLAPSED.THEY COULD NOT GO IN.A WOMAN WHO LIVES THERE GOT OUTSAFELY.

FDLE: Foreclosure scammer jailed after pocketing $8 million

Robert Tribble Jr. is now behind bars, held on $8 million bond, the same amount by which investigators say he ripped off hopeful Florida homeowners.